Man survives being hit by train

STOCKTON - A 50-year-old man who admitted to police he had been drinking and using narcotics survived being hit by a Union Pacific train about 10:25 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.

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STOCKTON - A 50-year-old man who admitted to police he had been drinking and using narcotics survived being hit by a Union Pacific train about 10:25 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.

The man was walking west between Scotts and Hazelton avenues toward Aurora Street when the train, slowing to 20 mph as it passed another train, struck him, police said. He was transported to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.